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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Patty and Walter travel to Grand Rapids in "Good Neighbors"?
(a) The Traumatics are playing a gig.
(b) Patty's old friends are in town.
(c) Walter has a business meeting.
(d) Walter's mother has fallen ill.

2. Carol tells everyone that, upon leaving his parents, Joey was very what?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Calm.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

3. Where is Patty originally from?
(a) Florida.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) New York.

4. What is the name of Carol Monaghan's boyfriend in "Good Neighbors"?
(a) Brock.
(b) Brute.
(c) Blake.
(d) Brace.

5. What is the name of the song that Walter wants Richard to write in "Mistakes Were Made"?
(a) "Two Kids Bad—No Kids Better."
(b) "Two Kids Good—One Kid Better."
(c) "Two Kids Bad—Three Kids Better."
(d) "Two Kids Good—No Kids Better."

6. Following this time at the lake in "Mistakes Were Made," Walter takes a job where?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) New York.

7. What organization is devoted to limiting growth?
(a) The Alliance of Four.
(b) The Club of Rome.
(c) The Society of Athens.
(d) The Group of Zero.

8. How do the Berglunds come to own the lake house?
(a) It was passed down from a nameless donor.
(b) Walter's older brother gave it to him.
(c) Patty inherited it from an uncle.
(d) Walter inherited it after his mother's death.

9. Where do Patty and Walter marry?
(a) A courthouse.
(b) The Whispering Pines.
(c) Patty's hometown.
(d) A church.

10. Where is Richard living during the early years of Walter and Patty's marriage?
(a) Jersey City.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Brooklyn.

11. What does Patty's mother do for a living?
(a) She is a lawyer.
(b) She is a realtor for the state of New York.
(c) She is a state assemblywoman.
(d) She is a licensed therapist.

12. What does Carol's boyfriend do that really upsets Patty in "Good Neighbors"?
(a) He begins to flirt with Jessica.
(b) He begins to build an addition to Carol's home.
(c) He begins to blast rock music late at night.
(d) He begins to argue with Walter.

13. The one person Patty particularly adores is whom?
(a) Her neighbor Connie.
(b) Her husband, Walter.
(c) Her son, Joey.
(d) Her daughter, Jessica.

14. Which two neighbors become embroiled in a conflict in "Good Neighbors"?
(a) The Jenners and the Blakes.
(b) The Berglunds and the Paulsens.
(c) The Blakes and the Monaghans.
(d) The Paulsens and Carol Monaghan.

15. Patty's autobiography is written in what person?
(a) Third person.
(b) A blend of narrative voices.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joey christen the lake by the Berglund summer home?

2. What is the name of Walter's hometown?

3. After speaking with Walter in "Mistakes Were Made," Patty learns what about Eliza?

4. Joey Bergland starts a lucrative business with whom?

5. In what city do the Berglunds reside in "Good Neighbors"?

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